Portrait of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier, either the photographer or possibly Shaw, in a fox hole. He is holding a knife with both hands; piles of equipment are arranged on both sides of the foxhole cut steep into the hillside. The equipment pictured includes: a helmet, blankets, clothing, rifles, knapsacks, and a quiver of arrows. The ground cover looks yellow and dry; the leaves on the trees are orange.
Date
1945
Notes
Formerly TMD-865; The scanned image is made from the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center's Ektachrome copy of the original Kodachrome slide.; Title from the photographer's caption list.; For physical location, see Slide Collection Notebook, volume 2 (2.10.41); R7002005349
Description
1 photoprint ; 20 x 28 cm. (8 x 11 in.); 1 phototransparency : Ektachrome slide ; 35mm.
Is Part Of
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.; 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Slide Collection.
Subject
Foxholes--1940-1950.; Military equipment--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
